{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-112.052","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 112.052","heading":"ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR CHANGE, RELOCATION, OR ABANDONMENT OF RAILROAD LINE.","body":"(a) Subject to Subsection (b), a railroad company or a receiver of a railroad that changes, relocates, or abandons a line of railroad in this state may acquire by condemnation or otherwise land for:\n(1) right-of-way;\n(2) depot grounds;\n(3) shops;\n(4) roundhouses;\n(5) water supply sites;\n(6) sidings;\n(7) switches;\n(8) spurs; or\n(9) any other purpose connected with or necessary to the building or operating of the line of railroad, as changed, relocated, or abandoned.\n(b) Property acquired under this section must be declared for and charged with public use.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 1540), Sec. 2.03, eff. April 1, 2011.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 5. RAILROADS","SUBTITLE C. RAILROADS GENERALLY","CHAPTER 112. POWERS AND DUTIES OF RAILROADS","SUBCHAPTER B. ACQUISITION AND USE OF PROPERTY BY RAILROAD OR OF RAILROAD"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.112.htm#112.052","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"61db49f67a97c8d1a451a951a24fbf335e06358ccd476d9b7710b83d7a190578","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-112.051","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-112.053"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}